My thoughts are with you from so far away I think I know What you've been through The gentle breeze rolls on from day to day But the storm clouds loom And seem to follow you The highway's rise and fall but still remain As a way to run From what you're supposed to do And stops along the way invite a smile But in the end They only leave you blue Yesterday's they pile on one another Till tomorrow seems to just get in the way But there's so much that a river pa**es by Tonight I cry the Steve Earle blues Got nothing to prove to those of us who know That the soul can burn With just a mark or two That whistle cries as the train makes it way Downbound Cutting right through you Highway boys are slowly disappearing Most have gone to sample something new There's so much that a river pa**es by So tonight I cry the Steve Earle blues